psychological abuse
Sign in to saveAlso known as emotional abuse, mental abuse, psychological violence, Psychological Maltreatment
form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behavior that may result in psychological trauma
OverviewAI-generated
Psychological abuse is a subject categorized under the Commons category "Psychological abuse." It has been the topic of a podcast episode titled "Hjernekassen på P1 | Psykisk vold," which is available on DR LYD. The term appears in 39,956 records within the PubMed database. Additionally, the concept is referenced by 995 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 9 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, PubMed, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Research
39,956 papers- Elder psychological abuse: narrative review of evidence and gaps in research.Frontiers in public health · 2025
- Global prevalence of physical and psychological child abuse during COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Child abuse & neglect · 2023
- Psychological Mediators of the Association Between Childhood Emotional Abuse and Depression: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020
- Elder Abuse.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2019
- Emotional abuse and neglect (psychological maltreatment): a conceptual framework.Child abuse & neglect · 2002
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- violence
- Has part
- gaslighting
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- does not have characteristic
- benevolence
- described at URL
- www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/hjernekassen-paa-p1/hjernekassen-paa-p1-2024/hjernekassen-paa-p1-psykisk-vold-11032422462
- topic's main category
- Category:Psychological abuse
- Commons category
- Psychological abuse
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Encyclopedic overview
Psychological abuse, often known as emotional abuse or mental abuse, is a form of abuse characterized by a person knowingly or intentionally exposing another person to a behavior that results in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, clinical depression or post-traumatic stress disorder amongst other psychological reactions.
It is often associated with situations of controlling behavior in abusive relationships, and may include bullying, gaslighting, abuse in the workplace, amongst other behaviors that may cause an individual to feel unsafe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “psychological abuse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.